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As most of you know by now, flexible plastic venting for clothes dryer venting has been banned for use in residential properties for many years because it is considered a fire hazard. But I guess that our 'ol buddy Bubba just hasn't read the latest and greatest on this regulation. Maybe they will come out with a coloring code book one of these days...

I have to admit that the duct tape was the coup de gras...

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Posted by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector on 07/14/2008 04:42 PM

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19 Comments on Photo of the Day...

Ah, duct tape! The single female home owner's friend!

07/14/2008 04:46 PM

by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company)

What amazes me even more is that this junk can still be found at the "big Box" stores, and it is the cheapest in price. That's why Bubba buys it.

07/14/2008 04:47 PM

by David Holden DRH Home Inspection Akron, Ohio Summit (DRH Home Inspection Akron, Ohio Summit County Home Inspector)

There is that duct tape again. Amazing how versatile it is. Every home needs it. Needs to color coordinate the tape with the accent paint.

07/14/2008 04:48 PM

by Trey Affolter (Keller Williams Realty)

Oh my word! Right next to the electrical socket too! What was Bubba thinking? (LOL)

07/14/2008 04:49 PM

by C Tann-Starr (TannStarr.com TannStarr.ws REMAX People Realty)

put the duct tape overrides all code issues ... I read that some where .. no really i did

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07/14/2008 04:49 PM

by Eric Reid Lawrenceville,GA (Renaissance Realty Group)

Patricia... Yes, Where would we be without it?

David... True! Like beer, he buys it by the six pack...

Trey... It does come in colors now...

C Tann... He wasn't...

Eric... OMG - NO!

07/14/2008 05:09 PM

by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.)

Duct tape it has so many uses. Remember it saved Apollo 13 from disaster.

07/14/2008 05:14 PM

by John Walters (Specialized Real Estate)

This is better than having the dryer lent blowing all over the floor like it did before they found "DUCT TAPE". This is that homeowner's idea of Yankee ingenuity.

07/14/2008 05:27 PM

by David Spencer & Assoc., Broker & Lic. Instr. CE and Pre-Lic.

Its Duct tape right?(sarcasm) It is being used where it needs to be! LOL!

07/14/2008 05:31 PM

by Joshua and Kathy Schmidt (Coldwell Banker Advantage Realty-Cabot)

Duct tape is everyone's bestest friend. I do know that is a word.

07/14/2008 05:56 PM

by Robert L. Brown~Grand Rapids Real Estate Flexit Realty, West Michigan (www.mrbrownsellsgr.com)

John... I do not remember that one...

David... You could be so-o-o-o right...

Kathy... Where would we be without duct tape...

Robert... Yeah Buddy! Bestest is right on...

07/14/2008 06:42 PM

by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.)

Wow .... That is a sweet duct tape job. Obviously he has had much experience with duct tape application.

Sean Allen

07/14/2008 10:05 PM

by International Financing Solutions

I wonder if they need a little more duct take on this one..

07/14/2008 11:11 PM

by Roland Woodworth "Ft. Campbell Area Realtor" (Exit Realty Clarksville)

Sean... Yes, ole Bubba is a pro at the ductwork jobs...

Roland... Thanks for stopping by to comment...

07/15/2008 04:14 AM

by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.)

Dryer venting is probably the most abused thing in a lot of homes, including brand new ones. Most builders don't give a second thought to where or how the dryer will vent to. So you end up with these rediculously long, twisted runs that the dryer fan motor can't possibly handle.

07/15/2008 04:59 AM

by KEVIN CORSA H.I.S. Home Inspections Stark & Summit County, OH Home Inspector (H.I.S. Home Inspections (Summit, Stark Counties))

Don't laugh, but I keep a roll of it in my trunk.

07/15/2008 06:21 AM

by Kris Wales-Macomb County MI Real estate (RE/MAX Advantage 1, Inc.)

The Nascar guys say you hand hold a car together for 500 miles at 200 mph, if you have enough duct tape. What did it look like on the other side of this wall?

07/15/2008 07:27 AM

by Nashville real estate - Larry Brewer (Keller Williams - Franklin tn)

Hi Michael,

It amazes me that those dryer venting kits are still available and being sold. One would think the would have been recalled years ago. As for Duct Tape.... it solves all kinds of problems and creats a few too.

I wonder if Bubba also had the contract to paint the dryer room!

07/15/2008 12:38 PM

by Harold (Hal) Place (A1 Connection Realty, Inc.)

Michael, I love it. Duct tape. Man's cure for all that is wrong in the home. LOL.

07/15/2008 03:15 PM

by Bob Cumiskey, US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor (A 1 Connection Realty, Inc.)

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